HUBUNGAN PEMAHAMAN UNSUR PUISI DENGAN KEMAMPUAN MENULIS PUISI SISWA KELAS VIII SMP NEGERI 1 SIMANGAMBAT

Abstrak

This research aimed to know whether there was any significant correlation between understanding the elements of poetry and the ability to write modern poetry at the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Simangambat. This research used a quantitative approach by applying correlation method. The sample in this research was 29 students which taken by using total sampling technique. There were two tests used in this research, namely multiple choice test and performance test. The results of this research included 1) the understanding of poetry elements was 74.66 (good category, 2) the ability to write poetry was 79.14 (good category) , and 3) product moment calculation results by using SPSS calculations showed the score sig (1-tailed) was smaller than the alpha score namely (0.003 > 0.05). It’s conclusion there was any significant correlation between understanding the elements of poetry and the ability to write modern poetry at the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Simangambat.